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Re: Dealing with trolling



Filipus Klutiero <ido@vif.com> wrote:
> MJR:
> >Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
> >> Please stop dignifying this waste of flesh by holding a conversation with
> >> him.
> >
> >Do you think it's fine to ignore good advice on dealing with
> >disruptive behaviour just because the target is debian-women?
> >
> *Shrug*
> The reason people ignore the thread opener is because it's trolling, not 
> because it targets debian-women.

If Steve Langasek had continued to ignore it, rather than posting
flamebait, I wouldn't have asked that question.

> >Must you sink to the level of the attacker?
> >  
> If you think troll feeding is the superior method for dealing with 
> trolls, feel free to come exercise yourself on #debian. If you don't get 
> yourself silenced or kicked before the trolls, I'll reconsider my views 
> on your method. [...]

It's very bad form IMO to send personal messages to lists.

Not troll-feeding, but troll-challenging.  Thanks for reminding
everyone that #debian is not a fun place any more, too.

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